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S.  R.  A.— B.  S.  28. 


Issued  July  12,  1919. 


United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 
E.  W.  Nelson,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  PROTECTION  OF  GAME  IN  CERTAIN 
LOCALITIES  IN  ALASKA. 

By  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture by  section  2  of  the  act  of  May  11,  1908  (35  Stat.,  102;  Com- 
piled Laws  of  Alaska,  section  331)  entitled.  CiAn  act  to  amend  an 
act  entitled  'An  act  for  the  protection  of  game  in  Alaska,  and  for 
other  purposes,'  approved  June  7,  1902,"  the  following  regulations 
for  the  protection  of  game  in  Alaska  are  made  and  published  to  take 
effect  July  15,  1919 : 

REGULATION  1.— OPEN  SEASON  FOR  DEER. 

The  killing  of  deer  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby 
limited  to  deer  having  horns  not  less  than  3  inches  long,  and  the  season  for 
killing  such  deer  is  limited  to  the  period  from  August  15  to  October  31,  both 
dates  inclusive. 

REGULATION   2.— LIMITS. 

The  number  of  deer  killed  by  any  one  person  during  the  open  season  in 
southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°  is  hereby  limited  to  three. 

REGULATION   3.— THE   KILLING   OF   FEMALES   AND   YOUNG   OF   CERTAIN   ANIMALS. 

The  killing  of  female  mountain  sheep,  female  deer,  mountain  sheep  lambs, 
mountain  goat  kids,  and  fawns  of  deer  and  caribou,  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle 
is  hereby  prohibited. 

REGULATION   4.— DEER  ON   CERTAIN   ISLANDS. 

The  killing  of  deer  on  Kodiak  Island  and  Long  Island ;  on  the  islands  of 
Hawkins,  Hinchinbrook,  and  Montague,  in  Prince  William  Sound ;  and  on 
the  following  islands  in  southeastern  Alaska:  Duke  Island,  near  Dixon  Inlet, 
Gravina  Island,  near  Ketchikan,  Kruzof  Island,  west  of  Sitka,  San  Juan  Island 
and  Suemez  Island,  near  Klawak,  and  Zerembo  Island,  near  Wrangell,  is 
hereby  prohibited  until  July  15,  1921. 
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REGULATION   5.— SALE   OF  DEER   MEAT   IN   SOUTHEASTERN   ALASKA. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  deer  meat  in  southeastern  Alaska  east 
of  longitude  141°  is  hereby  prohibited ;  and  no  deer  meat  shall  be  procured  for 
serving  and  served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel, 
mess  house,  or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent,  in  southeastern 
Alaska  east  of  longitude  141°,  and  no  deer  meat  or  caribou  meat  shall  be 
received  or  served  on  board  any  steamer  or  other  vessel  in  the  waters  of  the 
South  Coast  of  Alaska  between  Unimak  Pass  and  Dixon  Inlet. 

REGULATION  6.— SALE  OF  MEAT,  CARCASSES,  OR  PARTS  THEREOF  OF  MOOSE, 
CARIBOU,  MOUNTAIN  SHEEP,  AND  MOUNTAIN  GOATS  IN  PARTS  OF  SOUTHERN 
ALASKA. 

The  sale,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  meat,  carcasses,  or  parts  thereof,  of 
moose,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  mountain  goats  in  Alaska  south  of  the 
summit  of  the  Chugatch  or  Coast  Range  Mountains,  including  all  of  the  Kenai 
Peninsula,  and  thence  east  to  longitude  141°,  and  the  shipping  of  the  meat, 
carcasses,  or  parts  thereof,  of  said  animals,  for  sale  from  Anchorage,  Seward, 
or  other  points  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula,  is  hereby  prohibited ;  and  no  meat, 
carcasses,  or  parts  thereof,  of  said  animals  shall  be  accepted  for  shipment  to 
other  points  in  Alaska  unless  accompanied  by  affidavit  of  the  owner  that  they 
were  not  purchased  and  are  not  intended  for  sale. 

The  meat  of  moose,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  mountain  goats  shall  not  be 
procured  for  serving  and  served  in  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating 
house,  hotel,  mess  house,  or  restaurant  by  the  proprietor  thereof  or  his  agent 
in  Alaska  south  of  the  summit  of  the  Chugatch  or  Coast  Range  Mountains,  in- 
cluding all  of  the  Kenai  Peninsula,  and  thence  east  to  longitude  141°. 

REGULATION   7.— HIRING   HUNTERS   PROHIBITED. 

The  hiring  of  any  person,  directly  or  indirectly,  to  kill  or  capture  game  birds 
or  game  animals  for  any  boarding  house,  cafe,  cannery,  eating  house,  hotel,  mess 
house,  or  restaurant  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  hereby  prohibited. 

REGULATION  8.— HUNTING  DEER  OR  MOOSE  WITH  ARTIFICIAL  LIGHTS. 

Hunting  or  killing  deer  or  moose  in  southeastern  Alaska  with  the  aid  of 
fires  or  with  the  use  of  jacklights,  searchlights,  or  other  artificial  lights  is 
prohibited. 

REGULATION  9.— OPEN  SEASON  FOR  MOUNTAIN  GOATS. 

The  killing  of  mountain  goats  in  southeastern  Alaska  east  of  longitude  141° 
and  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  is  hereby  limited  to  the  period  from  September  1  to 
October  31,  both  dates  inclusive. 

REGULATION    10.— KILLING   OF   CARIBOU    AND   MOUNTAIN   SHEEP    ON    THE    KENAI 

PENINSULA. 

The  killing  of  caribou  on  the  Kenai  Peninsula  is  hereby  prohibited  until 
July  15,  1921. 

The  killing  of  mountain  sheep  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  Kenai  Peninsula  east 
of  longitude  150°  (the  location  of  which  is  indicated  by  a  north  and  south  line 
passing  through  the  Stalter  Place  on  Kenai  River)  is  hereby  prohibited  until 
July  15,  1921. 

REGULATION  11.— KILLING  GAME  TO  FEED  DOGS  OR  FOXES. 

No  game  animal  shall  be  killed,  and  no  such  animal  or  the  carcass  or  parts 
thereof  shall  be  sold,  purchased,  or  procured,  for  the  purpose  of  feeding  them 
to  foxes  or  other  fur-bearing  animals  in  captivity  or  to  dogs  boarded  for  pay. 


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REGULATION  12.— PREVENTING  DESTRUCTION  OF  GAME  BY  DOGS. 

Killing  or  permitting  the  killing  of  moose,  deer,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or 
mountain  goats  with  (logs,  permitting  any  of  the  said  animals  to  be  killed  by 
dogs,  or  permitting  dogs  to  hunt  moose,  deer,  caribou,  mountain  sheep,  or  moun- 
tain goats,  in  Alaska  south  of  the  Arctic  Circle  is  hereby  prohibited.  On  the 
Kenai  Peninsula  no  dogs  shall  be  allowed  to  run  at  large  or,  unless  accom- 
panied by  or  under  the  immediate  control  of  their  owners  or  custodians,  shall 
be  allowed  outside  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  towns  of  Hope,  Kenai,  Roose- 
velt, Seldovia,  Seward,  and  Sunrise.  For  the  purposes  of  this  regulation  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  towns  shall  be  considered  to  mean  one  mile  in  any 
direction  from  the  post  office. 

On  and  after  July  14,  1919,  all  regulations  for  the  protection  of 
game  in  Alaska  made  and  published  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
under  authority  of  the  Alaska  game  law  prior  to  the  regulations 
hereby  made  and  published,  except  the  regulations  of  August  1,  1908, 
relating  to  the  collection  of  specimens  for  scientific  purposes  and  the 
capture  or  shipment  of  live  animals  and  birds  for  exhibition  or 
propagation,  and  the  export  of  specimens  from  Alaska,  shall  be  and 
are  hereby  revoked. 

In  testimony  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  official 
seal  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  this  7th  day  of  June,  1919. 

[seal.]  D.  F.  Houston, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture, 


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